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Talkin’ Baseball 2010 Follow-up

Ok, talk about unexpected popularity – that post I did about the new Twins Talkin’ Baseball commercial continues to get hits every day. I guess I’m not the only one who really likes it.

But in the time since then, I have kept up the search to get more information on versions and recordings. Much to my surprise and pleasure, I got an official answer from the team that the 2010 version is not a complete recording. They haven’t redone the whole song – just the one piece so that is why it’s a bit harder to locate. Here are the exact lyrics for the new piece:

(Talkin’ Baseball) The Fans They All Agree (Outdoor Baseball) Target Field’s The Place To Be Mauer And Morneau Are Comin’ Thru Cuddy, Span And Liriano Too Just Like Tony, “The Killer” And Carew.

I think something very similar happened in 2007 because for all that I was told there was a version out there, I can’t find any solid record of it at all. Given my success in finding the other information I wanted, I’m not too upset about that but it might be that I’m not entirely done rooting through the internet.

I found one other thing when I was looking around that isn’t really related to the new versions of the song at all but to the “original” remake that birthed the Twins version. During all the contraction discussion, Terry Cashman gave an interview in which he was asked about how it would affect his songs:

Q: You’ve recorded versions of “Talkin’ Baseball” for both Minnesota and Montreal. If MLB contracts, are you going to “contract” the compilation CDs those songs are on?

Cashman: Oh, no. I’m going to keep the ones that are there. If the poor Twins disappear, that song would be valuable.

I’m not entirely sure how I feel about his answer but at least it didn’t happen, the song AND THE TEAM are still valuable and all I can say is it’s a good song.

I’m a HUGE fan of the commercial. The song is great but I mostly like it because I’M IN IT! I’m the one in the red shirt cheering on my MN Twins. I had no idea what kind of commercial it was going to be at the time but I just love it and I have enjoyed watching it this Summer. Go Twins!